Here’s the whole book, in order, with dates on it. Nothing new — just the sequence that works, so you’re not sitting there wondering what to do on Tuesday.
Print it. Tick the boxes. If you fall behind, don’t restart — just pick up where you left off.
10.1 Week 1 — Foundations
- Create the business email address and pick your stage name.
- Install a password manager. Turn on 2FA for email first.
- Write the master password and recovery codes on paper. Hide the paper.
- Apply for an ABN at abr.gov.au. Free, fifteen minutes.
- Open a second bank account for business only.
- Set up Google Drive folders and start the Contacts file.
- Write your one-sentence goal and stick it on the fridge.
10.2 Week 2 — Find the problem
- Join Quora, Reddit and three Facebook groups in your area of interest.
- Answer five Quora questions properly. No links, no pitch.
- Read 3-star Amazon reviews on ten products in your niche. Note the complaints.
- Write down three real problems, who has them, and what they cost.
- Pick one. That’s your starting niche.
10.3 Weeks 3–4 — Cash in the door
- Walk the house. List everything untouched for twelve months.
- List ten items on Marketplace and Gumtree. Good photos, sharp prices.
- Sign up to Airtasker and take three jobs.
- Book a market stall, or share a mate’s.
- Bank every dollar into the business account. Set aside 25–30% for tax.
Target: your first $500. It’s not the money that matters here — it’s proving to yourself that money moves when you move.
10.4 Weeks 5–6 — Build the shopfront
- Buy your domain name.
- Build a one-page site: what you do, who for, proof, one call to action.
- Set up a Google Business Profile if you’re local.
- Pick two social platforms. Set them up properly with the business email.
- Post five times using the five post types from Chapter 4.
10.5 Weeks 7–8 — Sell your hands
- Pick one service you could deliver tomorrow.
- Do it once for free, locally. Screenshot before and after.
- Write a one-page offer with a real price on it.
- Send it to five local businesses. Personally, not a mail merge.
- Set up an Upwork or Fiverr profile. Basic package at $25–$75 minimum.
- Make three portfolio samples. Invent the client if you have to.
Target: your first paying client. One is all you need — the second is ten times easier.
10.6 Weeks 9–10 — Start the list
- Set up MailerLite, Brevo or Kit. Free tier.
- Make one thing worth swapping an email address for.
- Put the signup on your site, your socials bio, your signature, your stall.
- Write and send your welcome email.
- Email your list once. Useful content, no pitch.
- Check your unsubscribe link works and your details are in the footer.
10.7 Weeks 11–12 — Turn on the affiliate income
- List five things you own and genuinely recommend.
- Join Amazon Associates Australia and Commission Factory. Complete the W-8BEN.
- Write one honest comparison post. Include what’s wrong with the product.
- Put the disclosure line at the top, before you publish.
- Share it to your two platforms and email it to your list.
- Hold one event — online is fine. Even four people. Collect every email.
10.8 Day 90 — Sit down and look
The review
- What did you earn, total? Write the actual number down.
- Which single activity produced the most of it?
- What took the most time and produced the least? Stop doing that.
- How many people are on your list?
- What’s the one thing you’d tell yourself on day one?
Then do it again. Double down on whatever worked. That’s the whole method — rinse and repeat.
If you do all of the above properly, ninety days in you should have: a few hundred to a few thousand dollars from Chapters 3 and 5, one or two ongoing clients, a list of 50–200 people, and your first affiliate commissions trickling in.
That’s not a Lamborghini. It is a real business with real momentum, built for near enough to nothing, and it’s a hundred times more than most people who buy a book like this ever get to. Affiliate and passive income tends to get serious around the six-month mark — keep the service work running until then.
10.9 Thanks for coming on the ride
Congratulations. You’ve taken real steps to better yourself and get serious about making money for the future.
Bogans reckon online is the way it’s going — legally, sustainably, and without asking permission from a boss. You don’t need huge start-up money and you don’t need to be a super geek. You do need to start, and you do need to keep going after the first month gets boring.
Everything in this book, I’ve either done myself or watched a mate do. The lawn. The Harley. The plant cuttings at the Sunday markets. The speaker link that turned into a home theatre commission. None of it was clever. All of it was showing up.
Jump on board and enjoy the ride. Stay upright.
10.10 Keep going with the School of Bogans
A book gets you started. It can’t answer your question on a Wednesday night, and it can’t tell you what changed last month.
That’s what the School of Bogans is for — a community of like-minded people working on exactly this, sharing what’s working right now, what’s trending, and how we’re making money today. Departments across the school, a social room to connect with other Bogans, and updates as things change.
Come and have a look
All prices in Australian dollars. That gets you the departments across the school, the social room to connect with other Bogans, and the updates as things change — which, in crypto and affiliate marketing, is constantly.
Head to poidabogan.com to join, or email poidabogan@gmail.com and just ask. No hard sell — if it’s not right for where you’re at, I’ll tell you that instead. To cancel, email me and it’s done; no hoops, no retention script.
There’s more advanced gear inside for when you’re ready for it. But if you’re only here for one thing, make it this: pick one chapter and actually do it this week. The reading isn’t the hard part.